Proposal for a Change of Contractor for Civil Engineering Superstructure and Internal Construction Building Work

This document concerns the change of contractor for an industrial services contract covering civil engineering superstructure and internal construction building work. In September 2001, the Finance Committee agreed to the negotiation of a contract for civil engineering superstructure and internal construction building work with the consortium SPIE CITRA SUD-EST (FR) and ANTIRUST TECHNOLOGY (GR) (CERN/FC/4466). For the reasons set out in this document, the Finance Committee is invited to agree to the negotiation of a contract with the consortium SCHULTHESS (CH) - COSTA (CH) - INDUNI (CH) - PREZIOSO (FR), hereinafter referred to as the SCHULTHESS CONSORTIUM, the second lowest bidder, for all aspects of construction, modification and repair of buildings (except paintwork), for an initial period of three years from 1 April 2003 and for a total amount not exceeding 9 000 000 Swiss francs, not subject to revision until 31 December 2004. The contract will include options for two one-year extensions beyond the initial three-year period. The consortium has indicated the following distribution by country of the contract value covered by this adjudication proposal: DE - 43%; CH - 40%; FR - 17%.